Information: abbreviations - shortcuts for standard commands
Description:
First of all, all standard directions like 'north', 'west',
'south', 'east' plus 'up' and 'down' can be abbreviated with the
first letter: 'n', 'w', etc. The diagonal directions 'northwest',
'southwest', 'southeast' and 'northeast' work with 'nw', 'sw',
'se' and 'ne'.
And most standard commands can be abbreviated with any number of
letters. For the command 'look' you can use also 'l', 'lo', etc.
If two or more commands begin with the same letter(s), the one
which has been defined first, will respond. Use a unique
abbreviation then, or take the time to find out which one has
priority. For example 't' might mean 'talk' as well as 'tell',
but 'tell' has been given priority, so you can safely use 't'
instead of 'tell'.
These commands for adventurers can be abbreviated (principally
in ABC order, except for given priorities - see above):
alias away converse examine health
history inventory kill look search
score show tell talk who
whisper
And here for wizards only (in ABC order):
clone destruct goto more people
reload stat update yell
Some more special abbreviations are provided:
x for 'examine'
' for 'say'
: for 'emote' (for adventurers in some special places
only, e.g. in pubs)
Note:
If you need further abbreviations, use 'alias' - see 'help alias'.
The behaviour explained above ('tell' vs. 'talk') can be changed
with aliases, too (see also 'help alias').
See also: